The purpose of this work was to improve the resistance of hydrogen-induced cracking in API 5L X70 steel by engineering the crystallographic texture and grain boundary distributions via different rolling temperatures. Hydrogen-induced cracking and electrochemical hydrogen charging tests were carried out in two different conditions: commercially produced and isothermally rolled at 850 degrees C in laboratory. The results showed that the development of dominant {011} grains parallel to the normal direction, and a small number of {001}//ND grains obtained by isothermal rolling at 850 degrees C, increased the hydrogen-induced crack resistance; while the hot rolled sample with sharp {001}//ND textures was highly susceptible to cracking. (C) 2016 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.